About us - Energy Transition Initiative
About us
NTNU Energy Transition provides world leading research on energy transition strategies to industry and government. Fact-based advice enables decision makers to gain competitive advantages and find efficient pathways to future energy systems.
Since the agreement on NTNU Energy Transition Initiative was signed in 2015, substantial effort has been put into establishing international collaboration with world leading experts. The initiative promotes collaboration between FME centres, international research projects, industry and policy.
We have gradually grown by incorporating a network of world class experts and attracting significant funding for very important research topics, including:
- Technological solutions and innovations
- Energy system optimization and scenario studies
- Economics and market design
- Framework and policy analysis
- Sustainable transition
- Human behavior and choice
- Innovation
The director of NTNU Energy Transition reports to the board and works closely with the management group on research related topics.
The board monitors NTNU Energy Transition's implementations and deliverables, assessing the compliance with the work plan and communication plan, along with revising and approving the plans themselves. The board also acts as a discussion partner for the director on strategic decisions.
Johan Einar Hustad
Director, NTNU Energy
In addition to the board and management team, NTNU Energy Transition collaborates with an international advisory board consisting of the following researchers:
Milestones
Since startup:
- A team of world leading experts (International Chairs) have been recruited
- Collaboration with leading research environments are established
- A yearly conference on Energy Transition is established
- A series of workshops with leading experts from academia, research and industry addressing specific topics are held every 6 months
- The initiative has attracted more industry partners and developed the organization
- A research portfolio addressing key challenges are in development
- The following reports have been developed and published:
- Norway’s role as a flexibility provider in a renewable Europe
- Decarbonization of transport
- Hydrogen in the future low carbon society
- Offshore Wind - An Industrial Opportunity
- The role of prosumers in the energy system
- The role of natural gas in Europe towards 2050
- Negative emissions and carbon dioxide removal (CDR)
- The North Sea as a platform for a green transition
In the next couple of years:
- Increase visibility and branding of Energy Transition Initiative
- Develop a stronger partnership with key research institutes and corporations
- Deliver policy briefs on key topics and provide them to policymakers and decision makers in Norway and EU
- Develop a strong research and teaching team and gradually expand the Energy Transition research portfolio toward a +70 MNOK/year portfolio
- Establish incubator/seed fund to bring forward innovations in the energy transition space
